TENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME 2016: Ordinary Time.

FIRST LECTURE OF
THE MASS 1 Kgs 17:17-24 Elijah went to Zarephath of Sidon to the house of a
widow. The son of the mistress of the house fell sick, and his sickness grew
more severe until he stopped breathing. So she said to Elijah, "Why have you
done this to me, O man of God? Have you come to me to call attention to
my guilt and to kill my son?" Elijah said to her, "Give me your son." Taking
him from her lap, he carried the son to the upper room where he was
staying, and put him on his bed. Elijah called out to the LORD: "O LORD, my
God, will you afflict even the widow with whom I am staying by killing her
son?" Then he stretched himself out upon the child three times and called
out to the LORD: "O LORD, my God, let the life breath return to the body of
this child." The LORD heard the prayer of Elijah; the life breath returned to
the childs body and he revived. Taking the child, Elijah brought him down
into the house from the upper room and gave him to his mother. Elijah said
to her, "See! Your son is alive." The woman replied to Elijah, "Now indeed I
know that you are a man of God. The word of the LORD comes truly from
your mouth."

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 R. (2a) I will praise you,
Lord, for you have rescued me. I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me
clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over me. O LORD, you brought me
up from the nether world; you preserved me from among those going down
into the pit. R.I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. Sing praise
to the LORD, you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name. For his
anger lasts but a moment; a lifetime, his good will. At nightfall, weeping
enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing. R.I will praise you, Lord, for you
have rescued me. Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me; O LORD, be my
helper. You changed my mourning into dancing; O LORD, my God, forever
will I give you thanks. R.I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS Gal 1:11-19 I want you to know, brothers and
sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin. For I did not
receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but it came through a
revelation of Jesus Christ. For you heard of my former way of life in
Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to
destroy it, and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries
among my race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.
But when God, who from my mothers womb had set me apart and called me
through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, so that I might
proclaim him to the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult flesh and blood,
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; rather, I
went into Arabia and then returned to Damascus. Then after three years I
went up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas and remained with him for
fifteen days. But I did not see any other of the apostles, only James the
brother of the Lord.

GOSPEL OF THE MASS Lk 7:11-17 Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and
his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. As he drew near to the
gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of
his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her.
When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, "Do
not weep." He stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this the bearers
halted, and he said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!" The dead man sat up and
began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all, and
they glorified God, exclaiming, "A great prophet has arisen in our midst, "
and "God has visited his people." This report about him spread through the
whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.